on another thread i asked about this life being all there is.
if so, what would you consider important to have done or accomplished before you die so that 'your time alive' would not have been a total waste?.
if you haven't done it, or accomplished it, are you currently on a quest to do so?
jgnat I have a mind that is equally creative and logical, so I have an unusual mix of abilities.
Yes, I have seen your painting and read many of your posts and that comes across.
As to being on an improvement quest, I guess I spent many years on that highway. Talent can be improved by effort and practice. Genuine improvement as people happens or it doesn’t, it cannot be forced. Now I find that if we concentrate on being content and kind to others the rest will fall into place.
a bit of background.
my 6 year old talks about god an awful lot.
well more than i'm comfortable with.
james_woods Have we established the difference between the laws on religious promotion in the U.S. and the U.K.?
In the UK where I live, most schools have secular assemblies. They have religious studies which cover many religions including Muslims. Many towns have Roman Catholic and Church of England schools that teach Christianity and hold assemblies. Some town have been taken over by Muslims and have full religious indoctrination while teaching Muslims to hate everything about their host country, except out generous benefit system. What will I say when UK is Muslim with the possible exception of Scotland and Ireland? Praise Allah!
who is to say the "two witnesses" from revelation are not symbolic?
when we are dealing with revelation how can anyone as wrong as the watchtower society be so dogmatic about doctrines when it's been shown jesus christ has not revealed the "secrets that would be hidden until the last days"?
for all i know, my opinion on this matter is as good as anyone elses opinion.
Perhaps the writer, dear old John, rest in peace, had no idea himself. Whatever he was on sure had a kick to it! It’s like analyzing the works of Lewis Carroll and looking for the smoking caterpillar in real life. 
i apologize for not writing much of anything in several weeks.. did you miss me?
(don't answer that!).
i am doing pretty good now after going through the worst year of my 60 years of life... but in order to make some changes that will enable me to keep working, i really had to take time off to take care of medical issues (mostly my spine - destroyed after 30 years spending 10-12 hours a day on the computer).
Randy - you helped and encouraged me 25 years ago, published my article on Bethel Ministries and made me feel validated and relevant; will always remember you with fondness. Hope your life is working out for you - it is the very least you deserve.
the vote could go either way.. only 36% of the british public oppose gay marriage so there is no real political danger to the government.
david cameron is for it but the cabinet is split.. it will be a test for the tories.
are they still the reactionary dinosaurs we think they are?.
So gay marriage is to now be allowed in the UK. I live near Brighton the gay capital of the south coast. They run bars and restaurants there. The gay people are the nicest people you could meet. Mind you, I have only ever tried the food. I am married - why should gay people be let off?
im amazed how going witnessing sisters who knew me for decades would sit only in the back seat on the way to the hall...to avoid any sex at the traffic lights!!!
and chaperons 1840's style are needed because two witnesses alone for 10 minutes would go at it like animals even after all the training watchtower articles and talks being jahs clean org.
and all..
What goes up must come down and this is true in lifts. In my considered opinion, being stuck in an elevator could give rise to fornication. Fornication is such an old-fashioned word that most young people would think it was something to do with cake decoration. In the UK we simply have a shag. It’s quicker than fornicating and easier to spell, which leaves time to do it more than once.
i read in a forum in spanish that there is a strong rumor spreading in the corridors of the wt.
has anyone heard anything about this??
the change that is emerging is this: the great crowd has not yet appeared, and it is a group that comes out of the great tribulation.
I know how all this is going to end. Jehovah's Witnesses suddenly awake in their kingdom hall seats to find themselves holding white kittens, whom they deduce to have been anointed members all along, with the black kittens having been the governing body. The story ends with members recalling the speculation of the Tweedle brothers, that everything may have, in fact, been a dream of the faithful and discreet slave class and that the great crowd might be no more than a figment of their imagination.
long story short.
i left the wbt$ and was forcibly da'd for attending a church.. wifey says she 'chooses' not to talk to me about 'spiritual'(tm) matters.
i told wifey that she didn't 'choose' but was told not to talk to me about such matters by some men in brooklyn.
Wifey says: 'I only married you because you was a JW!'
punkofnice We all need something to get annoyed about but that would annoy any husband. My wife’s parents blame me for her leaving the Borg. It gives me a warm glow to receive recognition for my valiant efforts.
Hope the recognition you are receiving from the elders does the same for you. At the end of the day they are just a pack of cards caught up in a dream called wonderland.
usually i read through the study article for the week to see if there are good points of discussion with my family.. when i read this paragraph, i nearly fell off my chair.
this is complete and utter garbage.
i have had discussions with my wife and other family members who also agreed it was complete rubbish.
Why do they need inspiration or holy-spirit, when the faithful and indiscreet slave has provided the Elders manual?
while i discard the notion of god as described in the bible ,and which would also include the islamic and judean religions as they have similar roots ,i do concede their are things i do not know , that occur,which i cant explain , whether they be attributed to the paranormal ,ufo`s ,ghosts ,phsysic phenomena ,poltergeists ,or whatever .it is well attested their are occurences which defy explanation .. we know as human beings we are born and we die in the flesh .. what if their was some truth in the scripture" you will be all changed in a twinkling of an eye" going from a fleshly creature to a spiritual creature ?
i find their are part truths, half truths ,truths of ommission , old truths ,new truths , and truths that are yet to be revealed .with the wtb&ts.
so is their a possibility of our continuing on in a spiritual existence ?
smiddy At the last count there were a few thousand gods, though some of them may have died by now.
Or you could invent one of your own that is exactly what you want him, her, or it to be. That would be my preference.
